Question of the Day

1. Question of the Day What do different animals eat? Something strange I saw an animal eat was _________. It was strange because __________________.

2. What might the bears do first to the birdfeeders? The bears might pull them down. Why might the bears go near people’s houses? They could want a different kind of snack. Read Aloud Bear Snacks Usually, bears eat fish, berries, fruits, or honey that they find in wild beehives. There are times, though, when they look for other things to eat. Sometimes bears go to the homes of people who live near big forests or national parks. These bears want a snack, but they do not want fish or honey. They want birdseed, and some of theses bears do not let plastic birdfeeders stop them from getting their snack. First, they knock over the birdfeeders, spilling seeds onto the ground. Then, they can eat the seeds they like from the pile on the ground. Next, they might pull the birdfeeder poles out of the ground and bend them. Finally, when they have finished their meals, they walk back to their homes in the woods.

3. Vowel Variant /ô/ • Raise your hand when you hear a word with the /ô/ sound. • The soft cat started to yawn right after its walk. • The girl /ô/ taught the cat to pause. • Now the cat ought to sleep. • Notice that the /ô/sound can be spelled with the letters; aw, al, augh, au, and ough. I lost my hat. I almost caught it again. The word lost has the /ô/ sound, it is spelled with o.

4. Vowel Variant /ô/ • Copy these words into your notebook. Underline the letters that make the /ô/ sound. • false straw cause thaw long • Check your work! • false straw cause thaw long

5. Spelling Wordso, au, aw, a, ough ought soft yawn walk long also thaw Lost cause taught pause straw false author almost

7. blanketed • If an area is blanketedin snow, it is covered. • What is more likely to have blanketedthetown, snow or rain?

8. surroundings • The area around you is your surroundings. • Some animals use camouflage to blend in with their surroundings. • What would look out of place in your surroundings, an elephant or a new student.

9. Grammar Main and Helping Verbs Lin was baking a cake. Was is a helping verb and baking is a main verb. We will watch the fireworks this Fourth of July. Will is the helping verb and watch is the main verb.

10. Grammar • James will perform in the play this Saturday. • will perform • He has worked very hard. • has worked • His family is going to the play. • is going • They are planning a party for James. • are planning • They have invited all of James’s friends. • have invited

11. Daily Proofreading is or was cake Devin baking a cak They almost lost A bat are flying in the night sky . ^ got or were . ^ is .

12. Writing Summaries • Include the most important ideas. • Use connectives, including time-order words • Include details that support the important ideas. • Begin with a sentence that tells what the summary is about. • Use main verbs and helping verbs correctly.

13. Writing When you write a summary, your sentences should connect and build on each other. Time order words act as connective words. Other connectives include: also, for example, for instance, as a result, and because. Let’s look to see if we can find the connectives in this example.